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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
May. 20, 2004
Thomas Keith Clark, Gresham, OR (US);
Jason Christopher Young, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen F. Correl, Beaverton, OR (US);
James John Seeger, Portland, OR (US);
Thomas Keith Clark, Gresham, OR (US);
Jason Christopher Young, Portland, OR (US);
Stephen F. Correl, Beaverton, OR (US);
James John Seeger, Portland, OR (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program maintaining information on a namespace comprised of filesets shared by clients over a network. Zone information is maintained on at least one zone, wherein each zone associates at least one client system, at least one fileset, and at least one storage pool. For one zone, the associated at least one fileset and at least one storage pool are accessible to the at least one client system. Clients are provided information on filesets included in a namespace, wherein each of a plurality of clients receive information on the at least one fileset associated with the client in the at least one zone including the client.